Kasanoya Dazaifu is a bakery in Hakata, Fukuoka.
Kasanoya has run umegae mochi on the Dazaifu pilgrimage road since 1922. Grilled-to-order plum-mark rice cakes filled with sweet red bean paste.
Tip: Five minutes from Dazaifu Station. Open daily; no closing day.
Address: Fukuoka 818-0117, Japan
Full Full's mentaiko French roll has been a Hakata souvenir since 2002: a soft baguette split and stuffed with mentaiko-butter, sold by the dozen.
Tip: Counter at Hakata Station's Deitos exit. Boxes of six are the standard order.
Worth the queue: Mentaiko French roll
Ryota Hirako opened Amam Dacotan in Ropponmatsu in 2018 and started Japan's maritozzo boom. The Fukuoka flagship runs 140-plus bakes a day in a tiny room.
Tip: Queue from before 09:00. The Dacotan Burger and mentaiko baguette sell out by midday.
Worth the queue: Mentaiko baguette
daco opened July 2024 in Imaizumi from Amam Dacotan founder Ryota Hirako. The bakery-cafe sibling runs nama donuts and sandwiches and a coffee programme.
Tip: Five minutes from Tenjin Minami. Same operator as Amam Dacotan; queues start late morning.
Worth the queue: Nama donut
I'm Donut? in Fukuoka is the Hirako lineage's donut shop. Soft, light, chewy nama donuts in classic and seasonal flavours; queues stretch the block.
Tip: Walk-in only, often sold out by 14:00. Closest subway is Tenjin Minami exit 6.
Worth the queue: Original nama donut
Full Full's mentaiko French roll has been a Hakata souvenir since 2002: a soft baguette split and stuffed with mentaiko-butter, sold by the dozen.
Tip: Counter at Hakata Station's Deitos exit. Boxes of six are the standard order.
Worth the queue: Mentaiko French roll
